Independent charter school · Los Angeles Unified · Los Angeles, California

Puente Charter — Rating & test scores

Los Angeles · TK–5 · 300 students (2024–25)

501 South Boyle Avenue, 90033puente.org ↗(323) 780-2961
68thpercentileSolid

The dots are California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score
45

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of five of the six elementary school measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100
Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Near California in English (reading and writing) and math: 43% and 35% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 132 in English, 133 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

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On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4 and 5 scored below what the state expected in English (−10 pts) and math (−19 pts). The state bases that expectation on each student’s earlier scores.

Sources
The sentence above
CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 4 and 5: 72. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Puente Charter is an independent charter, so you apply on its own application, not through LAUSD Choices. It sets its own deadline and lottery date. Find both on the school’s site or ask the office. Evidence ↓

Is Puente Charter a good elementary school?

Puente Charter scores higher than 68 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 68th percentile, Solid, spring 2026. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 13 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 20 in 100 at the average Los Angeles Unified elementary school. 0 of 311 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

More questions (6)

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Below what the state expected, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored −10 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored −19 points, which it calls Moderate.

  • Included in this measure: 72 students

Evidence ↓

How does grade 5 do in math?

Grade 5 stands apart in math: 56% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 35% across grades 3–5 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class. Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 41% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at Puente Charter in Los Angeles scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What does its own plan pay for?

In its 2026–27 plan, $5.4 million is planned for 17 funded actions in 3 goals. That’s 81% of its $6.7 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the charter school reports what it spent in a later plan. Evidence ↓

Where does it lead after 5th grade?

Puente Charter is an independent charter, so no next school is assigned from it by an attendance boundary. Families choose the next school and apply or register there. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in English; below it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 43% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 35% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

Source
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 132 in English, 133 in math
Comparison
California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English, 1,211,701 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.
AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 132 tested

Advanced
20%
Proficient
23%
Below the standard
57%
This school43%
California46%
Los Angeles Unified46%

43% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 133 tested

Advanced
12%
Proficient
23%
Below the standard
65%
This school35%
California42%
Los Angeles Unified44%

35% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Grade 5 stands apart in math: 56% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 35% across grades 3–5 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class. Each grade’s results ↓

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–5 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced27%52%53%
Advanced10%23%31%
Proficient17%29%22%
Developing level27%19%25%
Minimal46%29%22%
Tested485232
California44%46%49%
Difference−17+6+4

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced27%31%56%
Advanced6%6%31%
Proficient21%25%25%
Developing level32%40%16%
Minimal41%29%28%
Tested495232
California47%42%37%
Difference−20−11+19

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

Have results changed?

Results in both subjects were similar to 2025. English went from 39% to 43% and math from 31% to 35%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202539%137 tested
→
202643%132 tested

This school

California, same grades46% → 46%2025 → 2026 · 1,232,086 → 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202531%137 tested
→
202635%133 tested

This school

California, same grades41% → 42%2025 → 2026 · 1,241,652 → 1,211,701 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Below what the state expected, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4 and 5 scored −10 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Moderate. In math, they scored −19 points, which it calls Moderate.

Source
Source
CDE growth model, 2025
Students
students with scores in both years in grades 4 and 5: 72
Comparison
Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 4 and 5 · 2025 · 72 students with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

−10 pts

English

The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

−19 pts

Math

The state calls it Moderate, the second of its five growth levels.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school20%23%24%33%132
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Los Angeles Unified23%23%22%32%108,229
Math, grades 3–5 · This school12%23%32%33%133
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Los Angeles Unified22%22%25%31%108,401

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

English and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20234 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2023–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20232025202643%46%
Math top two levels, grades 3–5
This schoolCalifornia
0%50%100%20232025202635%42%

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English was 43% in both 2023 and 2026. In math, it went from 39% in 2023 to 35% in 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202343%
128 tested		44%
1,247,801 tested
202452%
120 tested		45%
1,235,509 tested
202539%
137 tested		46%
1,232,086 tested
202643%
132 tested		46%
1,208,894 tested
Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
YearThis schoolCalifornia
202339%
128 tested		40%
1,256,519 tested
202449%
126 tested		41%
1,249,262 tested
202531%
137 tested		41%
1,241,652 tested
202635%
133 tested		42%
1,211,701 tested
How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 10 points below that expected score, and in math 19 points below it.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

What you can do

Who can act on Puente Charter’s results?

Puente Charter’s own board decides its plan.

The state hasn’t placed Puente Charter in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Where is its yearly plan?

What its plan pays for ↓

Los Angeles Unified authorized this charter; its current term ends June 30, 2031.

Authorizer from the California Department of Education’s charter term file; term from its Charter School Database, checked October 22, 2026. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

13 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Los Angeles Unified elementary school, 20 in 100 were. 0 of 311 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Source
Source
CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students
chronic absence: 41 of 310 students counted for it; suspension: 0 of 311 students enrolled during the year
Comparison
Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Los Angeles Unified elementary school 0.2%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

13 in 100This school
20 in 100At the average Los Angeles Unified elementary school
17 in 100At the average California elementary school

41 of 310 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0 of 311

students were suspended at least once. Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Puente Charter

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Student groups, grades 3–5, spring 2026

Source
Source
California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students
grades 3–5; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison
California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).
Puente CharterSame group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 113 tested41%Same group, California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 114 tested34%Same group, California 31%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 132 tested43%Same group, California 36%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 133 tested35%Same group, California 31%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5, spring 2026.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted
1. Hispanic or Latino: 99%Unallocated share: 1%. 100% minus available shares; not a student group.Reported shares2025–26
  1. Hispanic or Latino99%
  2. White—
  3. Asian—
  4. Black or African American—
  5. Filipino—
  6. Two or more races—
  7. American Indian or Alaska Native—
  8. Pacific Islander—
  9. Not reported—
  10. Unallocated share1%
A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

74% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 32 of 43 English learners74%
Los Angeles Unified · 24,781 of 47,33052%
California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

84%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 253 of 300. California: 63%.

14teachers, 2024–25

10 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

21%in their first year, 2024–25

82%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: Which student groups does the school track most closely, and what does it do when one falls behind?

All group results, district comparisons and sources
Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Los Angeles Unifiedvs California
Low-income · 113 tested in English, 114 in math
English41%+140%+536%
Math34%−539%+331%
Hispanic or Latino · 132 tested in English, 133 in math
English43%+241%+736%
Math35%−439%+431%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Los Angeles Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

English learners: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, White, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, students with disabilities and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26
Students, 2025–26Here
Hispanic or Latino99%
White—
Asian—
Black or African American—
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 82% of teaching positions, 9 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 11 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

What comes after Puente Charter, and how do I get in?

No assigned next school.

Puente Charter is a charter, so a student’s later schools follow the family’s home address, not this campus, unless the family applies elsewhere. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level.

  1. Elementary · this school
    Puente Charter
    Grades TK–5
  2. Middle
    Hollenbeck Middle
    67th · Solid · 2026Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder
  3. High
    Link not recorded
    Ask the district about this stage.

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Hollenbeck Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    67th percentile · Solid · middle · 2026

  • KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    85th percentile · Strong · middle · 2026

  • Para Los Niños Middle

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Charter school. Check how it admits students.

    17th percentile · Needs Support · middle · 2026

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Ask Puente Charter how it admits students.

Applying to Puente Charter for 2027–28

  1. Puente Charter is an independent charter, so you apply on its own application, not through LAUSD Choices.

  2. It sets its own deadline and lottery date. Find both on the school’s site or ask the office.

Compare with other schools

How Choices, lotteries and waitlists work

Before you apply

Confirm this school’s current process directly.

Eligibility and entry grades
Which grades are accepting applications, and who is eligible?
Application and lottery
What are the deadlines, enrollment priorities, and lottery or waitlist steps?
The daily logistics
What transportation and before- or after-school options are available?
School website: puente.org ↗Office: (323) 780-2961Administrator: Brenda Meza

Location and visiting

Get directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
501 South Boyle Avenue, Los Angeles 90033

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm enrollment with the school.

Questions for your visit

  1. What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 57% in English and 65% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (132 tested in English, 133 in math); California: 54% and 58%
  2. When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Office (323) 780-2961501 South Boyle Avenue, directions  (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby elementary schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest elementary schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby elementary schoolsPercentile among California elementary schools, 2026

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

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Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,807 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #198 of 581 in Los Angeles Unified
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math18%4742%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math41%4823%
Chronically absent13 in 100555%
Suspension rate0 of 311625%
English learners: top level36%775%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)+27.9pp—not scored

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. The weights above add to 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2022–23 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–264568#1807California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2022–23not on filenot on file−13
2023–2432 in 1000 of 318+15
2024–2518 in 1000 of 316−4
2025–2613 in 1000 of 311+28

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
Every tested year2022–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English13220%43%
2026 · Math13312%35%
2025 · English13715%39%
2025 · Math13712%31%
2024 · English12027%52%
2024 · Math12617%49%
2023 · English12821%43%
2023 · Math12815%39%
2022 · English9124%55%
2022 · Math9016%48%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English5441%
2025 · Grade 4 · English3837%
2025 · Grade 5 · English4540%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math5433%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math3834%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math4527%
2024 · Grade 3 · English3540%
2024 · Grade 4 · English4654%
2024 · Grade 5 · English3962%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math3738%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math4860%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math4146%
2023 · Grade 3 · English4144%
2023 · Grade 4 · English4436%
2023 · Grade 5 · English4349%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math4156%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math4436%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math4326%
2022 · Grade 3 · English4553%
2022 · Grade 4 · English4657%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math4363%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math4734%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide3212%31%53%3%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income11341%+1+5
Hispanic or Latino13243%+2+7
Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score
GroupEnglishnCDE categoryMathnCDE category
All students−1072Moderate−1972Moderate
Hispanic or Latino−1071Moderate−1871Moderate
Low-income−962Moderate−1762Moderate
English learners−1530Moderate−930Moderate
Recently reclassified as fluent in English−1824not categorized−324not categorized
English-only students−221not categorized−2521not categorized
Students with disabilities−1011Moderate−3111Minimal

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4 and 5. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure
California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English−10 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4 and 5

72 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, English: −10 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

State model · math−19 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4 and 5

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4 and 5

72 students

CDE growth category: Moderate

California growth model, math: −19 scale-score points versus the state's expectation, CDE category Moderate, against SchoolScope's +2-point median for California elementary school records.

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8; here that is grades 4 and 5, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 18 in 100 → 2025–26 · 13 in 100 · −5 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 316 → 2025–26 · 0 of 311 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—12 in 100—
Male—14 in 100—
Hispanic or Latino—13 in 100—
Students with disabilities—18 in 100—
English learners—12 in 100—
Low-income—15 in 100—
All students—13 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$18,180 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 460,633 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

District current expense · FY 2024–25$29,292 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 52%Instruction support 17%Student services 12%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 10%Other 2%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$5,655,379,38451.81%52%
Instruction support$1,791,152,34816.41%17%
Student services$1,344,873,23212.32%12%
Administration$763,652,7807.00%7%
Buildings & maintenance$1,099,649,06210.07%10%
Other$260,356,5952.39%2%
Total$10,915,063,400100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $10,915,063,400 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$18,180 per pupil
2020$16,355 per pupil
2019$15,793 per pupil
2018$13,247 per pupil
2017$13,549 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders18.2%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 90033 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 90033 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$59,652
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)15%
ZIP-area population45,647
Median age32.6 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 90033 →

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Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Scope Score from 2025–26 results, compared across 5,726 elementary schools · attendance and suspensions by student group from 2018–19 and 2025–26 · district finance for the year each row names · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · Data updated October 15, 2026

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